Battery feed for automatic looms



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E. v. MOSLE-Y BATTERY FEED FOR AUTOMATICLOOM S E INVENTOR WITNESSES A'ITORNEY Aug. 28, 1923.

E. V. MOSLEY BATTERY FEED FOR AUTOMATIC LOOMS 2 Sheets-Shut 2 Filed April 6, 1922 J57 vMasze j INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 28, 1923.

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ELZIE V.

MOSLEY, OF CAROLEEN, NORTH OAROIJIN'A, ASSIGNOR TO NIElWTON J. JAMES AND IaIIABTIN R; REED, BOTH OF GABOLEEN; NORTHv CAROLINA.

nAr'rnnY FEED on aurolirnrrc Looms.

Application n1 a Ap1 ii e, 1322. Serial no.,550,0e0.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELzm V. Mosnnna citizen of the United States, residing at Caroleen, in the countyof Rutherford and 5 State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Battery Feeds.

for Automatic Looms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto improvements in looms, wherein weft replenishing is accome plished by automatically transferring afull weft carrier or bobbin into'the loom shuttle in place of the spent carrier or bobbin.

In looms of the above type, the dog that 5 revolves the mechanism or hopper is carried 7 by thetransferrer and imparts motiontothe magazine upon the return stroke ofthe said transferrer after the latterhas transferred the carrier or bobbin to the shuttle, The travel of the transferrer is s'ucha's to'carry the dog an appreciable distance from the teeth of the magazine ratchet'gear the saic dog strikes the said gear withconsiderable force, the teeth of the latter quickly become worn and useless. This frequently causes the dog to miss the next tooth and results in a thin place in the woven fabric.

Further, the head of themagazine or hopper and the ratchet gearare usually madeintegral and when "the latter has become worn, the entire head must be discarded, p

The present inventionfiaims. to overcome these defects by providing means whereby a new ratchet gear maybe positioned without 3 removing the worn one and to provide a mechanism for co operation with this, gear which is carried and operated by thetransferrer for imparting the usual step by.- step motion to the magazine, the action of; the 40 said mechanism however being such that the dog which engages the ratchet gear will ride over the teeth of the latter, fronrone to another with a minimum amount of wear.

In addition, the present invention aims to provide means whereby a new ratchet gear may be easily and quickly placed in position after the original gear has become worn and the mechanism for rotating the magazine easily connected to the transferrer.

IVith the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appendedclaims. In thedraw1ngs;

-' I*igi 1re l,is a horizontal sectional .view showing the magazine or hopper for the weft carriers orbobbins of an automatic" replenishing loom, the invention being shown n position. f i a f Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line 2- 2 of Figure l. I I i f Figure 3-is a detail perspective view'of the dog guide.

Figure 4: I is an enlarged sectional view illustrating themanner of pivotally mount in the dog upon the guides eferring in detail to the? drawings,

wherein like characters of reference denote correspond ng parts,the reference character 10 indicates a disk which forms a head .for

the magazine or hopper which-carries the weft carr ers or bobbins ll. The magazine further includes a disk 12, which isprovided.

with grooyes13 for receivingthe tips of the Weft carriers 11, while the butts of the lat terare received within sockets 1-1; provided in v the head 10, The magazine or hopper thus formed ,ismounted upona hollow shaft '15 with n which operates a spindle 16,while the head 10 has formed therewith a ratchet gear 17. .The mechanism. just described forms a part of the ordinary automatic weft replenishing loom and the magazine is given a step, by step motion to bring theweft carriers orbobbins into proper position for placing within the shuttle 18 of the loom.

Thisstep by step motion of the magazine is eifected by mechanism which is carried and operated bylthetransferrer 19, all of which part of the present-invention As the present invention is' designed for usev after the ratchet gear 17 has become worn'ain'd useless, the means by which this gear is rotated, is not illustrated.

Usually, when the gear 17 has become worn it is re alaced b a new ear as the failure of the rotating mechanism to engage the proper teeth causes the magazine to remain stationary, possibly for several picks of the loom. This results in a thin place in thecloth or fabric. Heretofore, in order to remedy this by replacing a new ratchet gear, 1t has been necessary to discard both the is of heusualconstruction and forms no properly 'fall within the vpended claims.

gear 17 and the head 10, which is found to be exceedingly expensive.

By the use of the present invention, a new gear may be placed in position for use without removing the head 10 and the gear 17 carried therebyand in order to prevent rapid wear of the new gear, a novel form of operating mechanism is provided. The new gear is indicated at 20 and is mounted upon the hub of the disk 10 and is arovided with a hub or collar 21 having-a groove 22. It is held in position upon the spindle by means of set screws 23. Adjustably mounted upon the transterrer 19 by means of a pivotpin 24 which passes through 'a slot 25, is}! guiee member 26. This member 26 has pivotally mounted thereon as shown at :27, a spring actuated dog 28. This dog engages the teeth of'the gear 20 for the purpose of moving the magazine or hopper step by step to successively bring the weft carriers into position over the shuttle. This operation occurs through the operation of the transferrer 19 and for the purpose of guiding the dog so that it will move from tooth to tooth of the gear 20 and ride over the faces of the teeth without disengagement from the gear, the guide member 26 is provided with a yoke or arm 29 which has a sliding engagement withinan annular groove 22 provided in the hub 21 of the gear 20. By means of the slot and pin connection of the guide member 26 with the transterrer 19, the said member may be accurately adjusted to insure proper operation of the dog 28, so that the objectionable hammering action tween the dog and the teeth of the gear 20 is eliminated and wear upon the teeth thus materially reduced. This s an important feature in machines of thls character, for

in addition to saving the cost of replacing the ratchet wheel by prolonging its life, 1t also saves the time necessary for such replacement. A dog 32, which is pivotally mounted upon the head '10 as indicated at 33, also engages the teeth of the gear 20 so as to prevent retrograde movement.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and; the right: is herein reserved to make suchchanges as scope of the ap- Having described the invention what is claimed is 3- 1. The combination with a weft replenishing loom including a rotatable magazine and a transferrer for transferring the weft carriers from 'the'magazine to the loom-shuttle, of a ratchet gear secured to the magazine, a member pivotally secured to toe transterrer and including an ofl'set yoke, a dog carrier by said member and engaging the ratchet gearto rotate the latter by the operation of the transferrer and a grooved hub carried by the ratchet gear for receiving the yoke to provide aguide for said member.

2. The combination with a weftreplen= ishing loom including a rotatable magazine and a transferrer for transferring the weft carriers from the magazine to the 100111 shuttle, ot' a ratchet gear secured to the magazine, a member pivot-ally secured to the transferrer, a dogca'rried by said member and engaging the ratchet gear to rotate the latter by "the operation of the trans'terrer and means carried by said member and en gaging the hub ofthe ratchet gear for guiding said member.

3. The combination with a weft replenishing loom including aro'tatable magazine and a'tr'ansferrer for transferring the weft carriers from' the magazine to the loom shuttle, of a ratchet gear secured to the magazine, a member pi'votally secured to the transferrer, a dog carried by said -member and engaging the ratchet gear to rotate the latter by the operation of the transterrer and adjustable ineans pivot'ally secured to the transferrer for holding the dog into en 4. The combination with a weft replenishing loom including a rotatable magazine and a transferrer for transferring the weft carriers from the magazine to the loom shuttle, of a. ratchet gearsecured to the magazine, a guide pivotally secured to the transferre'r, a dog carried by the guide and engaging the ratchet gear to rotate the latter gagement with the teeth'ot the ratchet gear. I

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